Miscellaneous reports to the United States Army Quartermaster General

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unitid

{"value"=>"185478", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 185478", "type"=>"local_call"}

origination

{"value"=>"United States. Office of the Quartermaster General", "type"=>"corpname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Miscellaneous reports to the United States Army Quartermaster General"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1865", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1865"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".01 linear feet (1 folder)"}]}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Formerly part of the United States Sanitary Commission Records</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

acqinfo

{"method"=>"Gift of the", "source"=>"United States Sanitary Commission to the Astor Library", "date"=>"1879", "value"=>"<p>Gift of the, United States Sanitary Commission to the Astor Library, 1879</p>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Collection consists of Quartermaster Department report forms completed by U.S. Army units, dated 1865. Reports for the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in camp near Richmond, Virginia, comprise monthly returns of \"clothing, camp, and garrison equipage\" for April and May 1865, with a cover letter to Quartermaster General M. C. Meigs by Lieutenant James Smith, dated June 1, 1865. A report of \"persons and articles hired\" at Nashville for the 6th Wisconsin Battery in January 1865 is filled out in duplicate, listing teamsters Robert Morton and Albert Rittenhouse. It is accompanied by a descriptive list noting their transfer in February 1865. One of the duplicate reports bears a United States Sanitary Commission date stamp of Nov. 11, 1865"}

date_start

1865

keydate

1865

date_end

1865

date_inclusive_start

1865

date_inclusive_end

1865

extent_statement

.01 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Miscellaneous reports to the United States Army Quartermaster General, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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